Hey everybody it's Jacqueline for Pixie Dust PhD! Today we're going to go
over some basics about differences between a Disney Vacation Club stay and
a standard hotel resort stay.
When you're staying at a resort through Disney
Vacation Club, whether that's your own points or you're renting points, there
are some differences between a standard resort stay. One of the biggest
differences is your housekeeping. In a standard resort stay your room will
typically be fully serviced by housekeeping every day. This doesn't
happen for DVC stays. For a Disney Vacation Club stay if your stay is
seven nights or less you're gonna get what's called a trash and towel service
on day four. During a trash and towel stay housekeeping is going to empty out
your trash bins and replace the liners, and then service your bathrooms by
providing new linens and new amenities as needed.
They'll also refresh all of your coffee supplies. If your DVC stay is eight or
more nights you're going to get full-service housekeeping on day four, so
everything that's included in trash and towel service, but plus a change of bed
linens, they're going to dust, they're going to vacuum, and you're going to get
your bathroom and kitchen area cleaned. And then on day 8 you'll receive
trash and towel service. If housekeeping is important to you you can pay an extra
charge on a DVC stay to receive either a full housekeeping service or a trash and
towel service on any given day or all of the days of your stay. The additional
costs for these extra housekeeping services are going to vary depending on
your type of villa. For example, a full-service housekeeping
for a studio is going to be much less expensive than full-service housekeeping
for a three-bedroom villa. Since Disney Vacation Club is your home away from
home you aren't getting housekeeping nearly as often as you would at a
standard resort stay. Personally this doesn't bother me. When I am at my home
in my normal life I definitely am not getting fresh towels every day, so I
don't mind reusing them for several days in a row. But for some people that is
part of your vacation experience and it's just something to consider when
booking your next stay. The second big difference is of course your kitchen. All
Disney Vacation Club villas have some sort of kitchen. Studios have kitchenettes
so it's going to be a small refrigerator, a microwave, and then plastic utensils
and such, and then one-bedroom villas larger all have a full kitchen and
these kitchens are fully stocked. You will have all the utensils, plateware
glassware, and cooking items that you'll need for a full family meal. Additionally
most Disney Vacation Club resorts also have grills that are first-come
first-serve for use. In a standard hotel resort you definitely are not going to
have access to a kitchen, it will not be fully stocked, you could not have your
full family Thanksgiving meal there. Whereas at DVC if you're staying in a
one-bedroom villa or larger with a full kitchen that's fully equipped you could
honestly have a full family Thanksgiving meal there if you wanted. The third main
difference is parking. If you're bringing your own vehicle or you're renting a
vehicle and you want to park it overnight where you're staying a
standard hotel resort will have a fee for that. The fees vary depending on the
type of resort so overnight parking at a Value resort is less expensive and
overnight parking at a Moderate which is less expensive than overnight parking at
a Deluxe resort. These parking fee prices are subject to change at any time, but
one can only assume that they'll go up over time. However, if you're doing a DVC
stay you do not have to pay for parking. Your parking fee is totally waived. And
last but not least is laundry. All DVC villas that are one-bedroom and larger
are going to have a washer and dryer in their unit, which you can access for free.
If you're staying in a DVC studio you're not gonna have these directly in
your room, but you will have free access to a 24-hour laundry facility at your
resort. Non-DVC guests are going to have to pay for their laundry. As far as the
things you'll notice while you're staying at Walt Disney World in my
opinion those are the four biggest differences between a DVC stay and a
standard resort stay. At DVC you'll have noticeably less housekeeping,
you have your kitchen or kitchenette as well as access to grills, your parking
fee is waived, and you have access to laundry either in your room or at your
resort for free. Of course there's also a cost difference but that's an entirely
separate video that we'll go over another time. Which of these things is
the biggest deal to you? Would you miss having housekeeping every day? If you've
done both the DVC stay and a standard hotel resorts day leave a comment below
to let other folks know if you really notice these differences and if they
made a positive or negative impact on your stay. If you found this video
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See you next time at Pixie Dust PhD!